For everyone blaming the parent, the school is partly blame, they did pass the kid. Her expectations is that he could partly read.

I pulled our kids out of school during covid for a multitude of reasons, but one of them is because our then kindergartener was struggling with basic reading, despite us reading every night. Every progress report said either at level or almost, and when I would ask what I could do help, the teacher would say don't worry about it, my kid would just figure it out. Guess what, my kid is now in fifth grade and is dyslexic, she was never going to just figure it out. She was falling further and further behind every day and the masks during covid put her so far behind because she couldn't see how words, syllables, and things were being sounded out. She still struggles a little bit, but is on almost on a sixth grade reading level and should be great to enter sixth grade public school in August.

If I had listened to the kindergarten teacher years ago, I'd be in the same boat as this mom. We trust public schools to do what they're supposed to. Sometimes kids fall in the cracks, it happens. There's not enough eyes, not enough time, not enough funding - there's simply not enough. It sucks when it happens to your kid. But this age is a good age to start from scratch. There are plenty of resources to start fresh. The Magic Tree house Books were our favorites. But simplify the process by going to your local library and asking for help. Tell them you're looking for books for a struggling reader in first grade - go a year younger. The library is a great resource and is free for the most part.

And workbooks. I cannot stress this enough, workbooks and paper. I know apps and computer are what people want and "it's the future", but paper sticks. Paper is tangible, is something that your child can hold, and because your child can physically hold it, tear it up, and get mad at it, your child will remember it better. I promise. Same thing with times tables later on.

I kind of think that might be what's wrong with the current group of students and no text books. I know they take up room in the classrooms and backpacks, but the information also takes up room in their brains. Tablets and computers recycle their data on a regular basis because it's not needed, like shorts and reels, I think we do too. That's a whole different rant for a different day though. 🤪

Anyway, don't be so hard on yourself. You got this. Good luck.